Season 26/27
Experience the brilliance, drama, and joy of the Baroque, in a curated sampling of chamber works at Café Santa Rosa in Peoria Heights. Concert conversation included! This event is part of our "Behind the Music" series.
Celebrate the splendor of the Baroque era with masterworks of Bach and Handel. Solo oboist Evan Tammen is featured in two dazzling concertos, surrounded by the grace, vitality, and timeless beauty of Baroque masterpieces.
Frank Sinatra and Frankie Valli, Broadway hits, favorite show tunes, and stellar guest vocalists Julie Benko and Sal Viviano join the Heartland Festival Orchestra for an evening of unforgettable entertainment to greet the New Year. A high-energy celebration of the music that has captivated audiences for generations.
Two of Chamber Music's greatest masterpieces take center stage: Schubert's transcendent Cello Quintet and Dvorak’s beloved American String Quartet. Intimate in scale yet symphonic in scope, these works offer extraordinary beauty and emotional depth.
The season concludes with masterworks for string orchestra, featuring Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances, Grieg's charming Holberg Suite, Barber's powerful Adagio for Strings, and Tchaikovsky's magnificent Serenade for Strings.
Mozart's sparkling Marriage of Figaro Overture and majestic "Linz" Symphony frame Bruch's beloved Violin Concerto, performed by Concertmaster Ji Myung Kim. An evening of elegance, lyricism, and virtuoso brilliance opens the season.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
Max Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor
Soloist Ji Myung Kim, HFO Concertmaster
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 36 in C Major, “The Linz”
